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Asher Peak

Coordinates: 75°44′S 129°11′W / 75.733°S 129.183°W / -75.733; -129.183
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Asher Peak
Asher Peak is located in Antarctica
Asher Peak
Asher Peak
Position in Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation2,480 m (8,140 ft)
Parent peakMount Flint
Coordinates75°44′S 129°11′W / 75.733°S 129.183°W / -75.733; -129.183
Geography
LocationMarie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeMcCuddin Mountains

Asher Peak is a peak 2,480 metres (8,140 ft) high in the southwest portion of Mount Flint in the McCuddin Mountains of Marie Byrd Land.

It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Bill F. Asher, U.S. Navy, Senior Chief Construction Electrician at Little America V in 1958. He was Nuclear Power Plant Operator and Instrument Maintenance Supervisor with the nuclear power unit at McMurdo Station in 1969.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Asher Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.